Crimean judge ruled for the enemy in Kherson region

Under the procedural supervision of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, a former judge of the Sevastopol Economic Court of Appeal was served a notice of suspicion in absentia of collaboration (Part 7 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the investigation, back in 2015, the man voluntarily sided with Russia and agreed to serve as a so-called 'magistrate judge' in Sevastopol. Subsequently, no later than February 2024, while in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region, he accepted a new "appointment" - to a pseudo-entity created by the Russian occupation administration called the Kherson Regional Court.

After that, the suspect began to administer "justice" under Russian law, actually working in the interests of the aggressor state and supporting the functioning of the occupation judicial system in the occupied territory.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings is conducted by the SBU Office in Kherson region.

Earlier, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol obtained verdicts in absentia for three former Ukrainian judges who betrayed their oath after the occupation of the peninsula. They were found guilty of treason and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The prosecutor's office noted that two of the convicts took up the positions of judges in the illegally created occupation 'Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea', and the third became a judge in the 'Economic Court'. By their actions, they ensured the transition of the judicial system to Russian legislation and contributed to the functioning of the occupation judiciary.

Катерина Глушко